Sex offence against children has been recognized as 'soul murder'. To
prevent sex offences against children, a very complex set of remedies and
measures should be prepared and applied. First of all, proactive and active
intervention into child abuse should be institutionalized in order to block
ways for abuse victims to turn child sex offenders themselves in their
adulthood as well as to detect and save child sexual abuse victims earliest
possible. From Criminal Justice perspectives, criminalization of child
abuse is necessary not only to effectively deal with child abusers but to
make child protection and family support types of public welfare measures
and interventions accepted and effective. Additionally, considering high
possibility of recidivism among child sex offenders with pedophilia or
anti-social personality disorder and their child vicitms' lives are likely to
be put in danger, demand longer sentences than other crimes against adult
victims. To protect children from sex offences, longest possibile period of
incarceration as the Constitution allows should be introduced. Other
methods of sex offender control such as electronic monitoring,
registration and chemical castration should be regarded as only
'supplementary measures' with various side effects. This paper tries to
seek workable, comprehensive, systematic and effective Criminal Justices
measures to prevent sex offences against children by analysing literature,
results of prior researches and examples of other countries.
Sex offence against children has been recognized as 'soul murder'. To prevent sex offences against children, a very complex set of remedies and measures should be prepared and applied. First of all, proactive and active intervention into child abuse should be institutionalized in order to block ways for abuse victims to turn child sex offenders themselves in their adulthood as well as to detect and save child sexual abuse victims earliest possible. From Criminal Justice perspectives, criminalization of child abuse is necessary not only to effectively deal with child abusers but to make child protection and family support types of public welfare measures and interventions accepted and effective. Additionally, considering high possibility of recidivism among child sex offenders with pedophilia or anti-social personality disorder and their child vicitms' lives are likely to be put in danger, demand longer sentences than other crimes against adult victims. To protect children from sex offences, longest possibile period of incarceration as the Constitution allows should be introduced. Other methods of sex offender control such as electronic monitoring, registration and chemical castration should be regarded as only 'supplementary measures' with various side effects. This paper tries to seek workable, comprehensive, systematic and effective Criminal Justices measures to prevent sex offences against children by analysing literature, results of prior researches and examples of other countries.
Sex offence against children has been recognized as 'soul murder'. To prevent sex offences against children, a very complex set of remedies and measures should be prepared and applied. First of all, proactive and active intervention into child abuse should be institutionalized in order to block ways for abuse victims to turn child sex offenders themselves in their adulthood as well as to detect and save child sexual abuse victims earliest possible. From Criminal Justice perspectives, criminalization of child abuse is necessary not only to effectively deal with child abusers but to make child protection and family support types of public welfare measures and interventions accepted and effective. Additionally, considering high possibility of recidivism among child sex offenders with pedophilia or anti-social personality disorder and their child vicitms' lives are likely to be put in danger, demand longer sentences than other crimes against adult victims. To protect children from sex offences, longest possibile period of incarceration as the Constitution allows should be introduced. Other methods of sex offender control such as electronic monitoring, registration and chemical castration should be regarded as only 'supplementary measures' with various side effects. This paper tries to seek workable, comprehensive, systematic and effective Criminal Justices measures to prevent sex offences against children by analysing literature, results of prior researches and examples of other countries.
